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New Mexico VA Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 20, 2014. Also cited in 43 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000108149, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: NEW MEXICO HCS - 501
Issue:
Employee self-reported to Supervisor that she had asked a fellow-employee to access information on discharge status of estranged husband for her personal knowledge. Supervisor reported information mishandling/inappropriate access to facility Privacy Officer and has taken appropriate Human Resources (HR) action with both employees to address inappropriate access of information which had no relevance to their job duties.
Outcome:
08/20/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that the husband will be sent a notification letter.